Interactive Metronome® training for a 9-year-old boy with attention and motor coordination difficulties

Abstract

The purpose of this case report is to describe a new intervention, the Interactive Metronome,® for improving timing and coordination. A nine-year-old boy, with difficulties in attention and developmental delay of unspecified origin underwent a seven-week training program with the Interactive Metronome.® Before, during, and after training timing, accuracy was assessed with testing procedures consistent with the Interactive Metronome® training protocol. Before and after training, his gross and fine motor skills were examined with the Bruininiks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOTMP). The child exhibited marked change in scores on both timing accuracy and several BOTMP subtests. Additionally his mother relayed anecdotal reports of changes in behavior at home. This child's participation in a new intervention for improving timing and coordination was associated with changes in timing accuracy, gross and fine motor abilities, and parent reported behaviors. These findings warrant further study.

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*Clinical Assistant Professor, Institute for Physical Therapy Education, Widener University when this case report was written.